direct carefully and safely, act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance, travel on water propelled by wind or by other means, transitive To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles, To pass over in ships; to sail over or on, intransitive To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail, To direct (a vessel or vehicle) over a planned course, To make or find a course or way